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Joy and pain, harmony and discord, organization and chaos—there’s no single way to define Black Twitter’s complex, ongoing legacy.

A new formula measures the “mortality cost of carbon” and how much would have to be removed from the atmosphere to save a single life.

“We love our jobs, but our jobs don’t love us back,” one worker told WIRED. “So we’re trying to change that.”

In a bid to protect its investments in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells, the carmaker is lobbying against the transition to electric vehicles.

The head of design at Nothing explains how their product could take on Apple's all-conquering wireless earbuds, at a fraction of the cost.

The HW-Q950A is spendy, but the setup is dead simple, and it won't fail to immerse you in your favorite movies and shows.

Social media is not the reason the pandemic hasn’t been conquered.

An extraordinary drought in the West, plus dry lakes and reservoirs, mean there will be less water for farms, hydroelectric energy, and home users.

PunkSpider is back, and crawling hundreds of millions of sites for vulnerabilities.

For decades, VR has failed to live up to expectations. Yet somehow, it keeps receiving more chances and more resources.

Face-morphing adult content creator Coconut Kitty is ushering in the unsettling future of the medium, one where nothing is as it seems.

A handful of companies have outsize influence on the world’s artificial intelligence. Policymakers must act now to stem the rise of powerful monopolies.

The TCL 20 Pro 5G, 20S, and 20 SE are perfectly capable and affordable handsets, but you can do better.

Just a few days after ditching its invite-only status, the audio chat app had fewer than 500,000 new downloads.

Huge pyrocumulonimbus clouds just formed over fires in the West. Here’s why they could become more common on a warmer planet.

You want to be productive. Software wants to help. But even with a glut of tools claiming to make us all into taskmasters, we almost never master our tasks.

The company announced a strategy that involves new machinery and new technologies. It may get a boost from the US government.

The iconic action RPG introduced a world of gamers to Japanese fashion. Now with a sequel on the way, its influence has only grown.

One of the best gaming chairs just got better, but it's not for everyone.

The popular short-video app survived a plan to block it on US phones. Now, it’s mistrusted by both the US and Chinese governments.

Dozens of viruses don't use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this is possible—and perhaps more common than we think.

Let your phone be your guide. Even default map apps have handy features to help you plan an awesome itinerary.

Money is pouring into autonomous trucking startups, just as many are souring on the short-term prospects for self-driving cars.

Plus: China's pipeline probing, a Chromebook debacle, and more of the week's top security news.

Omega, the official timekeeper of the Games, is now using computer vision and motion sensors for events like swimming, gymnastics, and beach volleyball.

As more animals are spotted in urban areas, researchers recognize how cities can play a significant role in fostering biodiversity.

No one ever regrets investing in a better home sound system. Our advice and gear recommendations can help.

We found discounts on a MacBook Pro, an Instant Pot, and the newest Amazon Fire tablet.

The reboot—along with Netflix’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines—portray vengeful AIs as jilted geniuses. That revolution shouldn’t be televised.

The president needs to prioritize Americans' wellbeing over Big Tech's whims to begin a path to restoring democracy, privacy, and competition.

A complaint filed this week alleges corrosive behavior that seems increasingly endemic to the video game industry.

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

Scott Edelman's "A Plague on Both Your Houses" is a tale of the undead written in iambic pentameter.

No, it’s not dead. But fans around the world mourn the loss anyway.

The birds aren’t producing sounds at random. Some of their strategies are surprisingly similar to ones used by humans.

Plus: New Shepard’s dildo design, my seat on a private space flight, and the hearing that broke Fauci.

This week, Steven Levy fills us in on the Blue Origin launch, its implications, and why so many billionaires are obsessed with space travel.

The apparel and shoes for team USA were designed for peak performance—ecologically and athletically.

In a warped version of international cooperation, the Games could provide a place for variants of the virus to spread and then return home with athletes.

A decryption tool has emerged, meaning any victims whose systems remain locked up can soon breathe easy.

InSight and Perseverance have sent back unprecedented data on everything from marsquakes to the Red Planet’s inner layers.

The long-awaited tiny gaming device will be available to purchase next week, with shipments beginning before the end of the year.

It might be available on HBO Max, but come on.

Amnesty International sheds alarming light on an NSO Group surveillance tool—and the gaps in Apple’s and Google's defenses.

From Groundhog Day to Interstellar, filmmakers love messing with timelines. Thankfully, that makes for mind-bending entertainment.

Corning has a developed a new version of Gorilla Glass optimized for smartphone camera lenses that it claims will lead to a boost in photo quality.

No longer just an online movement, Black Twitter takes to the streets—and finds its voice.

WIRED spoke with Troy Baker—who’s worked on Fortnite, The Last of Us, and BioShock Infinite, among others—about his prolific career.

To simplify the world of 360-degree photos and videos, the company might've gone a little too far with the Iqui.

The move follows an executive order issued last week by the White House urging the agency to secure consumers' rights to fix their own gadgets.